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at it the and the been c in • and ;on ; vho, and very VO!6 that the hen, !ing uch cde ble el() If a :.~~. as e cessae.s. that he should proceed at any length. Again he pro- Posed, that for the peace the constabulary should be the sole t fficers employed, like the police in London and some of rise large towns also in Ifeland, and by this means all rite watch :rates and other taxes of that character weeid be removed. Another. point, which was of great importantea, was that of th e bound ar i es. There was a Bill in the other House of Parlia anent for the establishment of boundaries to Corporatione, but he found that it might not pass into a law, and he did ea think 'that they should take the chance of it. He meant, therefore, in a Scheduleof this Bill so insert all the boundaries stated in the Report of the Commissioners. He believed, and he was informed by persons who were acquainted with the subject, that the Bill corresponded with the Report of the Commis. stoners, with one exception, and he apprehended that there Would be no objection to the course which he proposed, the House would feel that it would be necessary to provide for the discharge of the various duties in the administration of pro perty in those towns which might not choose to have Cor porations remodelled under this Bill, and he proposed, there fore, that Commissioners should be appointed for that purpose. He should propose that they should consider, first the altera tions as to the number of towns, wed afterwards those with respect to the qualification, and 'chat then the amendmeats consequent upon these shoeld be referred to n Committee appointed for that purpose, Viscount GORT se;.Zt, that it appeared to him that the Noble Lord who bad just sat down, and those other Noble Peers who had aer i aiesced in the course which he had taken, were reduced to this dilemma, that they must either admit that the view *which they had tak en o f thi s su bj ect w h en i t • leas last deb ate d was erroneous, or that the o bj ec ti ons Which they enterta i ned to the Bill being passed into a law werdlu and futile, or they must contend that Ireland was n " in ii different situation to what it was at that time. The Noble Lord proposed to make a compromise, and he thought that he (Viscount Gort) would agree to it als o : f or h e spo k e of the whole o f the Peers on that side of the House, and he saidithat the large towns should have Municipal Corporations, quid that the small towns should not. But the whole danger l ay in the large towns, because they had a separate juris diction, and they besides possessed great patronage and large establishments at their disposition. The Noble Lord thought that the Tithe Bill and the Poor Relief Bill justified him in the dereliction of his duty of which he had been guilty ; but he must admit that he did not think either of those Bills kith the at all appli e d t o t h e su bj ect. By the charter of Limerick the Mayor mi g ht s i t on the b ench wi oath Judge of Assize, b u t b e f ore h e did so he must take an ; but ureter this Bill a Roman Catholic or a Radical Protestant, which he thought infinitely worse—( Laughter) ---might bo Mayor, and exercise this privilege, and what ch ance would a Protestant have of recovering his estate , 1) .,Y eject ment before such a tribunal? In short the treaty of -L imerick and the charter of that city would be violated.— ("ear. (Hear.) He might be told that the aggrieved party could aPPeel from the decision to their Lordships' House; but he Confessed that he did not think that the appellate jurisdiction would long survive. They were granting concession after concession ; they were coming to the last round—(Laughter) ---they were coming to le g isl a t e a t t h e di ctat i on of Mr. O'Con bell and the mob who coerced them. Was that the way that they lately legislated for Canada? There they took away the Power f rom t h e b an d s o f t h e re b ellious Catholics and had I Placed it in the hands of the Protestants. All he wanted .vas that the House should be consistent ; that it should ''..:t vote black one night and white another—(Hear)—and te, for one, declared that he considered the 10/. qualifice , : to be ue no security ; for it would soon be broken thrceeih, as every other qualification had been. Viscount MELBOURNE said. ° been more f a i r t h an that which and Learned L or d , 4" wet nothing cou ld h ave ...d been adopted by th e N o bl e c ured his task i n a more c nor was ''.4 possibl e f or hi m to h ave exc manner, or i n a maze. .air, a more c l ear, or a more candid eip lbournle bye)believ which he, • .er mor e i n accordance with the prin. profes se d to b e actuated. He (Viscount Ne felling to what ' ha d ad that the Noble and Learned Lord, in re session bet , passed in the debates at the end of the last wren the Noble Duke (the Duke of Wellington) , : v ri h d i ch hirn se':l, had not only correctly stated the expressions e• , " I ve- . 01: used, butalso the import of them. It was not hi s Lifte r , • the e • eon upon th e present occasion to go back and discuss t. 'a. q. AI sti on whether he was right in the observations which he 4 made or whether he was not; it was at all times unne feessary to r evert to by-gone discussions, and it was still more unnecessary now when there was a disposition to come to a general agreement upon the whole subject.— (Hear, hear.) The N o b le and Learned Lord bad also stated exactly the amendments which he intended to propose. With respect to could not then go into the point as to the alteration of the towns in the two schedules, and into the number of towns on Which Corporations should be imposed by that measure ; the Point might, be left for further consideration, whether they should be granted upon the petition or application of a ma- jority of the rated inhabitants ; but he apprehended that a co nsiderable portion of the towns in both schedules were of sufficient magnitude to have them granted. It was not the Male thing to secure to the towns at once corporate govern tnetit with ell its now admitted advantages, and leaving, those same towns to eels for it. There might be many reasons, in ternal dissensions, personal feuds or others, which might pre 'teat an applicati on ; w h ereas, if the Corporations were given at °nee, they 2 would be well recei ve d, an d th ey wou ld be conferring on the t owns a f orm o f government which was I',ow a dmitted g enera ll y to b e productive of advantage and ben e fit. But the greatest and talost material of the amend ments to be proposed by the Noble and Learned Lord was the alteration ot . the amount of the qualification. The qualifica tion, as it et present stood in the Bill, was the occupation of a house of 51. value, exclusive of those charges or deductions Which the Noble and Learned Lord now threw in to form the qualification. Now he presumed that all persons in that Ilouse bad the same object in view that they intended im- Mediately to give Corporations and to give them fairly— ( Ilear, hear)—that it would be a matter of satisfaction to all parties that these Corporations should continue to vr work ell-- t h at it was, therefore, the intention of all parties to unite in each town a great body of the inhabitants —that it wa s the intention to favour neither the democracy nor the arisfoeracy—that it was not intended to confine the franchise to a few persons, which would only lead to the contieual discussion and reopening of the subject; but that it was the meaning of Noble Lords to make a settlement upaat 11 basis really satisfactory, and this would certainly dr:l;ond upon the nature of the qualification ; for if the franchise were exclusive, or if an unreasonably small numbee were ad mitted to it, undoubtedly the settlement wois:td not be sa tisfactory. The Noble and Learned Lord .t• Aid admitted that absurdity of giving a qualification to 1< 'ad higher than that existing in England; and tlae Noble Lerd admitted also, that a 101. franchise, not eubject to deductions or de falcations on the part of the kandlords, would be the same as by the decisions of the ro•vising barristers exitted in Eng land ; but he (Viscount M.elbourne) asked Noble Lords, co n _ Si the relative sit:ration cf the two countries with regard to opulation with :egard to wealth, with regard to the value of property, and •::speeiallv with regard to the rents of houses, to say whether it would really he fair that the qualification in Ireland should be of the same value as that in England—. whethe r the same q that t ualificati on would suit a poor, asesuited a al% country ? The N o bl e an d Learned Lordproposed he municipal fra nc hi se i n I reland should be the p same as the Parliamentary franchise; but whether that could be ape liked to the towns in Ireland he ( Viscount Melbourne) had great do u b t; and considering that the municipal qualifica rtion in England was b e i ng rate d for a certuin time to any cinnt, he would ask the Noble and 1 4 ; areed Lord whether, 48Y h e proposal he would not fall into the same absurdity _e bee admitted, of giving a higher qualification in Ire not then than was required in the towns in England ? Ile would Inoitthen discus s the matter further, but would go into Com , no . t e r e_ on the Bel, It was, however, rather puzzling to Steerrates; the way Clearly through the difficultie3 ; but he thought t t __ the Committee should seriously consider whether the eachfication on th e face of the Bill was not the heel qualifi lon el.ich hould be devised, and whether it would not be mo re fro_itute rrudent to adhere to the qualification he se n t up ,`" the other house of -Parliament, Vete to ma k e any suos t. th e' Earl of WICKLO W remailied that it was certainly gratifvin to him to fi nd that the differenc e of opieion , . g so''°ieven Noble Lords, NNl,ich hal bithe.i existed was in me measure ab inde-.. e d ; li e was glad to find that the pointr difference bet:l'een himself and otl.er Noble herds), and between them and the Government, were eel* in a peat degree narrotved, and when he consider:al the discussions Which had taksn place upon this measure elsewhere, !le 114 ) ,_ ugnt that they would he still more nate oetel by the :‘atpeeeh of his Noble and Lea;ded frith& When the Bill rteS under discussion in another 01;:eb, there did not appear to an y ebjection to a Flo Palle:his°, provided the means of i s ' q rialifing that amour:l, Were arrived at in a niftmtrt• tii. wining to the autnore of the Bill. This being Illt Case, he should b e sorry •s is . the present Se/Islets of Parliament were t 1 , 1 "" 41 to Pasty over without securing to the country the c.,,arte.fits of elunicipal Reform.—( Hear, hear.) He always that .lered 'that this reform ought to be granted ; he knew as only a question of time, and it was, therefore, peculiary satisfactory to him tie.t the SeCien would not be (11. e. allowed io pass without the adoptiatt of . a setisfactfra mea• was n - 4 ( I Im7Cabee4rad As to 0..0 amount of the franchise there Friend and he ea . ot i re ac„o between his Noble and Learned be monstrous ; r tie thought that a 5/. franchise wculd framing the p,.-. " he thought that Ministers, who in a-year were 0 4 , 1 ‘ a d w b Bill had thought that houses of e/ they e se ,„ not worth .t, i 13 se low a description of peraons that ia thQ U. franchise should ''ing tix-d, would not require t i . t Was quite out et. tae quest' f 1 ho continued in , this 8 . 11 . 1 --it I °r.• He was sure that tuts would not stand part of the Bill, and it was only aterial, therefore, to know tic, c; the lot. franehir•e should b m e framed. He was grat ified to find by Pietici, and he had not previously the speech of his Noble and Learned bail an opportunity of Wang what his proposal would be, that what lie consi dered a bona 101. parliamentary franchise should not be maintained at that amount in the ratin g ; because if it were 32acessary that the house should be rated at to/., this provision the qualification higher than it Would have the effect of raising was in this country or in Scotland, and it was admitted by all that this was not required. Ilis Noble and Learned Friend lad agreed that the amount should be ascertained by taking th e rateable value, and adding to this the amount of the land lord's repairs and of the insurance. So far the Noble and Learned Lord had opened or extended the reel of in favour of the voters, but be (the Earl of Wicklow) feared that there what those 'could be much difficulty in arriving at a perfect knowledge of was afraid, repairs and insurances were to be ; he admitting the justice of the suggestion of his Noble and Learned Priend, that th ere wou ld b e a diffi cu l ty i n carrying it into effect. wo Although agreeing, therefore, in the p r i nc i ple, he 11 uld rathe r prefer a bona fide qualification fixed a t a l ower o.°lllinal amount i n t h e rat i ng, w i t h ou t ta ki ng i nto account 'Lie repcia or the insurance, as. there would then bo no ~~~ diffictlliyiii arriving at the means oflegistering the ind:vidnals candy entitled. Therefore he woul t d rather that a qualification should be established whiqh wbula be liable to no mistake, though nominally beIYA- ilk[., hut which, coupled with the ex penses, aqd re e. 4.114 an allowance for the new taxation under the 4 3 e+-law Amendment Act, would ruttolint to a real 10/. frAnchise. With respect to the Gist amendment as to the num. bcr of towns in schedules A and B, to which they should agree to ,crid corporations, he thought the numb& would be tee 5;111111 if it were confined to A atone ; it was, and always had been, his anxious wish that all those towns wh'elt returned Members to Parlitinent should have Corporations( Ilear)— and that the other towns, on petitioN should have them. Another amendment of his Noble and Learned Fiend he con ibssed that he did not very well like, he meant the amendment depriving the runtticipal bodies of the power of appointing their own Constables; he thought that be bad so understood the Noble Lord's statements, and if that were the case he should certainly object to it., Lord PORTMAN suggested th4t the net annual value ac cording to the last column in the schedule of the Poor-law Amendment Act should be taken as the criterion ; and he would ask, whether they could not arrive at some fixed amount for the qualification derived from that net value, without run ning any risk by the introduction of other columns? All were anxious to maintain a fair amount, but whilst considering whether that amount should be 5/., or 8/ , or 10/., the House should recollect that it was most important to get rid of this question at once. Let him, however, remind the House that the ee watch, erashise, only und si. ; under the Act of 9:11 George IV., regulating, tain tow ns s h ou l d have C a o i rTm w ra h t e io n n i s t , w and us s t a h i a d t t o h t a h t e r o a n i s y h should not have them except on petition, he 'thought that they ought not to hold out inducements to those other towns to adopt the 9th George IV., i3stead of petitioning. He was sure that this was not an Act which Noble Lords would recommend the towns in Ireland to prefer to the Act which he hoped Noble would agree to pa:s.--( Hear, hear.) Lord LYNDHURST suggested that they should then go into Committee, otherwise they would be discussing two or three points at once. The House having accordingly gone into Committee, The preamble was postponed. Lord LYNDHURST suggested the postponement of clauses 1 and 2, to which he lied only formal amendments to propose, which, having been done, The 4th clause was accordly read. Lord LYNDHURST moved the insertion of the words " inserted in the said schedule A," which would raise the question as to what towns were to have Corporations. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to know whether this would leave the question open as to what towns were to be included in• the schedule? Lord' LYNDHURST had moved the insertion of the words to confine the number of towns to those already in the schedule. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that, if the House adopted the Noble Lord's principle of having two kinds of schedules, he could not consent to this determining the qnestion of how many towns were to be inserted in schedule A. Th; 'Earl of WICKLOW observed that it was his inten ti.:.,n to move the insertion of certain towns into schedule A. Lord LYNDHURST remarked that the amendment re ferred to schedule A; and it would be open to any Noble Lord, when they came to that schedule, to move to leave out or to insert any towns. He had moved the insertion of the words to establish the principle that on part only of the towns should Corporations be forced, as it were, by the Act. After a few words from Viscount MELBOURNE, in which he said that he would prefer keeping the Bill as it came from the Commons. The amendment was put and agreed to without a division, and the clause as amended was ordered to stand part of the Bill. On clause 6, Lord LYNISI - IURST moved to leave out the words "rated to the relief of the poor," for the purpose of introducing as an amendment the words "of the yearly value of not less than 101., to be ascertained and determined as hereinafter men tioned ;" and then, after keeping to the words of the clause, adding, " such yearly value to be ascertained and determined in the manner following, and not otherwise, namely, that it shall be composed of the value of the premises rated, as they are hereby required to be, under the provisions of an Act passed in the present session of Parliament, to the relief of the poor in Ireland, and of the amount of the sums for landlord's repairs and insurance, as estimated and stated in such rates." Viscount MELBOURNE should certainly take the sense of the House against this amendment. In reply to a question from Lord PLUNKETT, the nature of which did not reach us, Lord LYNDHURST said that the value of property was the rent which it would produce, or which the landlord would obtain, he keeping the tenement in such a state of repair as was necessary to enable him to obtain the rent, but making a distinction between landlord's repairs and tenant's repairs. This was the value and was the principle of rating under Mr. Poulett Scrope's Bill ; that would, in fact, be the value of rating under the Irish Poor-law Bill, the landlord's repairs necessary for him to obtain the rent being stated in another column ; but in order to obtain what was practi cally considered the clear yearly value, and to conform to what was the rule acted upon under the Parliamentary fran chise in England, he had consented to add to the rated value the landlord's repairs and the insurance for the purpose of conferring on Ireland what was practically the value in England. viscount MELBOURNE having made some observation which we did not hear, Lord LYNDHURST thought that it would he.found in practice that it would require more than an 8/. rating to make a 101. house. The Committee then divided— For the amendmeit. ... 96 4gainst it Majority On our return to the gallery, Viscount ME LBO UkNEWas addressing the House, and we understocd him to say that as he considered the opinion of their Lordships had been decidedly expressed by the fete sion, ht-. , should not trouble them by debating the question any fuataer.—( Hear, hear. ) The Marquis of L A NSDO WNE considered that the qua. lifieetion proposed by the Noble and Learned Lord was far from being the best that could IR! devised, and that the mode of ascertainining the value would work great inequality in re spect to the rights of different parties. The clause as amended was then ordered to stand pst of the Bill. Lord LYND HURST then said that the remaining amend ments which he wished to propose were of a nature be thought, Which might be with greater convenience to their Lordships discussed on the bringing up of the report ; he would there- fcre suggest that in the mcnnwhi!e those amendments should be admitted pro forma and printed. The Noble and Learned Lord then moved seriatim the insertion of the amendments re biting to charitable trusters, the c:mstabulary• fox?, and the boundaries of boroughs, as stated in his opening speech, with a view to their bring pi inted. This being agreed to the House r,sulied, and the report was ordered to be received on Tuesday next. The Bills on the table were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned at a quarter past nine o'clock. Parliamentary Electors in Cities and Borong,lis entitled under the Reform Act, will lose their totes for the next yoar, unless they pay on or before the 20th o f J u l y i nstant, :41 the poor's rates (AO window tax, if aly) payable from them, in respect of their premises previously to the 6th of April last. County voters must send in their cla'rris by the 20th of July instant': THE PERUSAL Or NEW BOOKS. —The recently :adopted plan of furnishing new publications for perusal throughout the country has given very general satisfaction, and appears likely widely to ddmcminate a tasty for modern literature. Aided by an extensive putlishin g business, Messrs. Saunders and Ot'ey have made arrange ments f,r supplyin g regularly families and literary circles with modern publications, (English and forei g n,) and in order to meet the encreasin g demand for works in the hi g her branches of literature, th'y have care fully revised their catalo g ues, and very considerably au g mented their collection of History, Biography, Travels, Moral and Political Philo sophy, Eelles Letters, Theology, and superior w9ries of fiction. Book Societies arg stippfied with any works they may-desire, exchan g in g them at long or short intervals; arid,at:jacctit families may unit e i n a single Subscription. Terms and partici4a rs 4ii' a sin g le letter., on application (po_t paid) to Saunders and Otley,Tubli,hers, conduit-street, Hanover square. _ _ - A DETERNITED JVItYMAN.—At the Exettr gessions on Tuesday, a man named Stone was tried on a charge of cm. beetling a truss of goods which he had been entrusted to take to a carrier. The Jury, alter some consultation, turned to the Court, and the Fore. man stated to the Ileettldef that they eauld not agree, there being as was futiloured &even for acquitting the primner, and one for pre. litilincing him guilty. The Re. order told the Jury that they must al agree Lefore any verdict could be taken, and they ware accordingly locked up, an officer being sworn to keep them in safe custody, without refreshment. This was at six in the evening, and they continued lucked tip until noon the fo'llowlng day, when the business of the sessions hay. ing terullnated, the Recorder sent for them to know if they were agreed, and was answered in the negative. S He then asked if there was any pro bability of their agreeing within a reasonable time, but the answer was " No." The Learned GcntOman Own ordered the proclamation to be made touching the prisoner, and there being no other evidence, he was set at libe,ty, and the Jury discharged. When the Jury werediscliarged, there were two for finding the prisoner guilty and ten for acquitting him, the single dissentient havicg gained over by his eloquence one of his brethren during the night.—E.rcter Gazette. LA FONTAINE.—CoIasse also composed the music of Astree, a tragic opera, written by La Fontaine, and produced in 1691. A characteristic anecdote is related of this celebrated poet. At the first performance of this piece he was sitting in a box behind come ladies whn did not know him. They heard him constantly saying to himself, " Wretched ! detestable ! trash :" until at length one of them, weary of his re,seated murmurs, said to him, " Oh, Sir, the piece is by no means bad—the author is a man of genius, the famous M. de la Fontaine."—" Well, ladies," said he, very coolly, " the piece is not worth a farthing ; and this V. de la Fontaine, whom you talk of, is a Llocklicad—he tells you so himself." At the end of the first act he went away, and, going into an adjoining coffee-house, sat down in a corner and fell asleep. A gentleman of his acquaintance coming in, and seeing him, exclaimed, " What! M. de la Fontaine here! should he not be at the first representation of his opera?"—" I am just come from it," said La Fontaine, rousing himself and yawning, " I sat out the first act, but was so completely sick of it that I could not stay any longer. Really the Parisians have a wonderful stock of patience."—Hogarth's Musi.al Drama. BOROUGII OF CLONMEL.—TIIC Attorney-Gene ral, Mr. Ball, will immediately address his constituents in Clonmel. Some foolish people talk of a contest; but we shall be very much our. prised, indeed, to hear that even the Conservatives of Clonmel could be guilty of any such absurdity.—Dublin Evening Post. A joint-stock company is establishing at Coblentz for forming a railroad from that city to Erns, which will be carried by a tunnel about ai French leagues 4n length through the heights of Pfaf. fendorf, near Ehrenbreitsteln, and will consequently be longer than any railroad tunnel out of England. The road is estimated to cost 360,000 thalers (about 1,300,000 francs), of which sum the tunnel will take 220,000 thalers. lii OL tIN Sir) _N, COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty hail a dintier party last evening at the new Palace. There Were present their Serene Highnesses the Duke of Nassau, the Hereditary Plintic. of Nassau, Prince Malinke or Nassau, Prince Christian of tlONteitl, .and Ptinee• Ernest of Hesse PhiliflpBthal Prince Esterbity the Austrian Artibassa dor, Count Porno_ di 11)rgo thc ItuSsian Ainbacsador, the Russian Amhasta'or Extraordinary and the Countess Btroga noir, the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary and the Prin. ti!ss Schwarz en b erg , the Netherlands Annb.ssador Extraor dinary and the Baroness van de Capellen, Prince dtt Putbus, Prussian Ambassador Extraordinary, Baron Bulow the Prus sian Minister, the Danish Minister and Baroness Biome; M. Dedel the Nethciands Minister, Baron Gersthrff the Saxon Minister, Marquis of Conyngham, and Viscount Palmerston. The band of tic Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards was in attendance during dinner at the Palace. It is her Nlajevy's intention to give a grand diplomatic dinner at liackingham Palace on Wedaesday, the 25th of this 111011111.. Her M ijesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Ketit and the Princess Hohenlohe, took a drive in the Packs yesterday after noon in open barouche, drawn by four fire; s. Viscount Melbourne lied an audience yesterday of her Majesty. The Hon. Miss Cavnidish and the [lon. Miss Cocks have succeed 4 the Hon. Miss Pitt and the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, as the Miids of Honour in waiti 1g on her M Ijesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and P, ince George of Cambridge visited her M jes'y the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough-house. Her Majesty took an airing in a pony phaeton and four. Mr Cayley had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yes. tcrday in ,Downing•street, to present a memorial from the Central Agricultural Society of Great Britain and Ireland, in favour of the re-establishment of the Board of Agriculture. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Ilolland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Visc...unt Howick. The Council sat an hour and a half. Marslie Soult and Mr. White, Consul fur Granville, trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign.office. After the dinner party at the Palace yesterday, her Ma jesty had an evening, party. Strauss's band was in attend ance, and was stationed in the picture gallery. Amongst the company were the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Marchioness of Norraanby, Marquis of Anglesey and two Ladies Paget, Earl of Liverpool and Lady Louisa Jenkinson, Lord and Lady 41in Russell, Lord and Lady Barham, Lady Rivers and Hon. Miss Pitt, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley-, and two Miss Wheat ley, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Cavendish, lion. Mr, and Mrs. Ashley, and Hon. Miss Spring Rice. Prince Fu stenherg and suite arrived, in Chanclos street yesterday from Newmarket, where his highness went to see the races. The Duchess of Bedford has left Bel ;rave-square for Woburn Abbey, t where a select party of the nobility will assemble for a few days. Marshal Soult and suite are expected to leave town by t he railroad on Thursday next, for Liverpool, where a grand dinner by the Corporation is to be given his Excellency on the following day. The Marshal is not expected to return to Paris until the second week in the ensuing month. Sir Alexander Woodford, governor of Gibraltar, left Mivart's Hotel, on Wednesday evening, for Portsmouth, sitcom. pallier' by his lady and brother (General Sir John Woodford), en route to Spain. His Royal Highness Prince George of CaMbridge will not leare for Gibraltar until about the middle of August. Lord Brooke, eldest son of the Earl of Warwick, was attacked some weeks since by a fever, and was at one time in a very dangerous state. His Lordship is now considerably better, and the family entertain the most sanguine hopes of his recovery. A chain, which is hung over the portals of prisons in England, is suspended over the doors of houses in Spain, honoris cause ; it denotes that the King has deigned to enter. This badge of servitude, which the absolute Monarch leaves as the impress of his foot, exempts the owner, among other immunities, from the hated necessity of admitting billeted troops.—Quarterly Review. Several of the City Aldermen have, it is said, been s?tlulously employed in rubbing up their French, previous to this day's entertainment, especially under the head of " Culinary Dialogues." Countess Strogenofl"s ball on Monday next, on Carlton terrac?, will be on a scale of great splendour. The Count, who is one of the richest Noblemen in the Russian empire, has or tiered a pavilion to be erected which covers the lawn, and through which the company will pass to the entrance hall. More than 500 cards have been issued. The Marchioness of Londonderry gave her first grand assembly last evening, at Holderness House, when the noble suite of saloons, seven in. number, were brilliant:y lighted up and thrown open to the visitants. There were present nearly 500 fa shionables, including Marshal Soult, and most of the Ambassadors:Ex tr aordinary. Marquis Soult gave a sumptuous banquet on Tues day evening at his mansion, in Portland-place. The viands were of a recherchs description, and would have been pronounced delicious by the most fastidious Epicurean. The company included many of the gallant Marshal's homer opponents in the field viz., the Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Hill, Viscount Beresford, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, A light - is now exhibited in the tower at the north east entrance of Menai Straits from sunset to sunrise. It is visible from northwest to three-quarters west seaward, to the opposite point of the compass, except where the intervention of Pullin Island eclipses it. It Is a-.4tatlouasylight, of a red colour, John Frampton, a citizen of Bristol, was imprisoned two years at Seville, aisti-bed his , cargo confiscated, " because he pro. pounced Are Maria in the Somersetshire dialect." _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminstel gave a grand dinner party last evening at Grosvenor House, to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Earl and Coun tess of Shrewsbury, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Viscount and Viscountess Burghersh, Earl and Countess of Carlisle, Sze, ELECTRICITY.—M. Sallier has found it sufficient to place an electric diamond upon a pane of glass in order to produce sounds. When a well-polished sewing-needle, suspended from a hair, is placed in a glass bowl filled with an acid su'phate of copper, the bowl crackles, even after the needle has been withdrawn and the liquor poured out. Small currents of common electricity become perceptible to the ear by means of a whe: trn straw struck upon a dram o: v:gctable paper. Two nights ago, while the passengers Were disem• barking from the Brilliant steam.vesscl, which had just returned from the Nore with the Harmonic Philanthropic Society, at Londen-bridge wharf, a young woman, in a state of inebriation, who was very gaily dressed, on leaving the vessel, instead of walking straight forward along the gaNway, got upon the dumb-barge, from which she walked into the river. She uttered a loud scream on reachirg the water, and was about sinking, when a Waterman, named Connorton, who was fortu nately alongside in his boat, caught her and saved her life. On re covering herself the first words she uttered woe, "Oh dear, I have spelled a new shawl and bonnet I" and left the spat . without thanking her preserver. THE NASSAU BALLOON.—The balloon descended with its eight passengers three miles beyond Clielinsfbrd, Essex, in exactly fifty-four minutes after quitting the gardens. The machine did not take a direct course to the place of descent, having got into two different currents of air, but the voyage is des-jibe,' by the aeronauts as the most delightful that they (those who have been before) ever expe. rienced. , The descent was made with perfect case and safety on the estate of a gentleman, who hospitably entertained his unlooked-for visi tors until a late hour. The party did net ictutn to Vatixliztll until nearly four o'cleck yesterday morning. The desire to take trips of this description, at least with the veteran Green, appears to be as great as ever; the charge for each passenger being still kept up at 20 guineas. The gentleman named Tryon, who was 0112 of the party, is a Lieutenant in the Royal Navl. A very numerously attended meetirT, which was conducted w th great spirit, took pled at the Town Hall, on Thursday evtning, rdative to the encroachments on the downs, and the nume. rou. pathways and roads that have been stopped up in the vicinage of this town. It it not long since that the Lords of the Manor tried to monopolise all the sand and beach, and to compel every builder to purchss2 those n.atcrials of them. Through the public spirit of the Fhabitants that arbitrary deugn was frustrated; but that cinks into insignificance when compared with the encroachments which have been made upon pubLe property in every part of nrizhton, and which en croachments, we trust, will be as successfuly resisted as was the attempt to rrymoptdise the sand and beach. We have hundreds of poor rogues committed to the treadmill fir petty thefts; but it would seem that some Polm'ar men can stand by and see the town robbed of its public lands by wholesale without uttering one word of remonstrance or mAkiog the least attempt to Uo justice on the wholesale robbers.— Brighton Herald. ; 1 ,. lIE NEW PARLIAMENT :-SECOND SERIES OF RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS.—Mr. Grant has 11:.•re furo6lied ilia public wills a set of portraits of the Members of the new Parliament, the first of Queen Victoria. In the Lords we have all Qll7 hereditary legi , latois, and than not particularly described in his former Work ;. at the same time that the "scenes," or squabble , ' in that House are given with such dramatic and graphic effect, that the reader is mad', in effect, a spectator of the whole. Thee'. - scenes, WC doubt not, will b? much more highly relished by: i t ( vniCalic, than by the Honourable and Right Honourable ectsrs. Th all the new Members are e: , .llb:ted, and a correct and very impartial estimate of their powers and abilities given, from the orator in embryo, to the full.fledged and rampant stager; and the author appears to keep out of view all poli• tical bias, if he has any, as both sides of the Houses, and Members of all parties, are drawn in a very impartial manner. The work is exceedingly entertaining, as well as instructive.—Caledonian Mercury. In Glasgow new potatoes are selling at 8.1. per pint; green pease, 4s. per peck. MANNERS IN MISSOURI.—A member elect of the Lower Chamber of the Legislature of this State was last year per suaded b y some nags of his neighbourhood, that if he did not r each the Sate House a t t en o ' c oc k, on the day of Assembly, he could not he sworn, and would lose his seat. He immediately mounted wit h hunting frock, rifle, a nd b ow i e- k n ife, and spurred till he got to the door of the Senate House, where he hitched his nag. A crowd was in the Chamber in the Lower House on the ground floor, walking about with their hats on, and snicking cigars Those he passed, ran up stairs into the Senate Chamber, set his rise against the wall, and bawled out, " Straagers, wbars the man that swors me in I" at the same time taking out his cre.tentials. " Walk this way," said the clerk who was at the moment igniting a real Printipe, and he was sworn without inquiry. When the Teller came to count noses, he found that there was one Senator too many present; the mistake was soon discovered, and the hu.itsmni was informed that he did nut be'ong there. "Fool who ! with your corn tread!" he roared, " You can't flunk this child no bow you can fix it—Pin elected to this here Legislatur, and I'll go against all banks and eternal improvements, and if ther's any of you oratory gentlemen wants to get skinned, jest say the word, and I'll light upon you like a nigger on a wocd.chuck. My constituents sent me here, and if you want to floor this two legged animal, hop on, just as soon as you like, for though I'm from the back country, I'm smarter than any other quadruped you can turn out of this drove." After this admir. able 1). - -rangue, he put his bowie.knife between his teeth, and took up his rifle with " Come here old Suke;stand by me at the same time pre sented After some expostulation, the man was persuaded that he belonged to who, however, had seen such people before. chairman, who, he sheathed his knife, flung his gun on with a profound congee, remarked, " Gentlemen, I beg your pardon. But if I didn't think that a lower room was the groggery, may I be shot." t h h i c lowerut Mulder, o e chamber,rt ,hand nd c a 1,,r 13, 1838. 7 11TDA - Y, JU.LA. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NE IV/Ifil Rirt T JULY I I IEETiNII--Ifritstica PA r The Town Plaie.of 50/. for three-yy-oy colts, tifst_7lb. ; arid fillies, C. ile d a di . st . B. R N . , P i.t `c o t B t! ,s t t ''sv b. eil6.tib4l-4.05.t 1 ic i4 i . atrick •• - • -• - -Conolly I Mr. General Grosvener'S DJA:flus Mr. 13eresford's Despair (late Lady Sophia) Betting-11 to 8 en IJ:ktlitsi 2 id 1 agst the winner, and 6 to 1 agst Vicuna. Wen by half a length. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for two-yr •olds, 6st. 1110; mrd three vrs, 9st: New T. Y. C. The winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Houldsworth's f. by Filho da Puta, 2 yrs Cotton 0 1 Duke of Richmond's Felo-de-se, yiti Lord Suffield's Marchioness, 2 yrs, 7st . Lord Exeter's Elf, 3 yrs 4 Betting—l Ito 8 agst Elf (taken), 6to 4 agst Fclo-de-se, and 4 to 1 agst Marchioness; after the dead heat 7 to 4 on Felo-de-se. Won by a head. The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft. for two-yr-old colts, Bst. 51h. ; and fillies, tist. 21b. The last half of B.M. The winner - of thc July Stakes, 91bs. ; and the second horse 41bs. extra. Mr. Ford's Monimia, by Rowton Robinson Duke of Richmond's b. f. Estelle, by Brutandorf Lord Exeter's ch. f. Macremma, out of Sultan . The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Exeter's ch. c. by Reveller, out of advance; Mr. R. Watt's b. f. by Bel shazzar, out of Fanchon ; Duke of Richmond's ch. c. Bulwark, by Defence, out of Europa; Lord Suffield's f. Alms, by Langar, out of Charity ; and Mr. Knight's b. c. by Rowton, out of Margaret. Betting—l; to 10 agst Bulwark, 4to 1 agst Estelle (taken), 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's two, 5 to 1 agst Monimia, 8 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's f., and Bto I agst Estelle. Won by a length. Handiesp Sweepstakes of 15 sots. each, 10 ft., for all ages (two. yr-olds excepted ). To start at the Starting-post of 8.M., an , run to the end of New T.Y.C. _ _ 2 _ - Mr. Thornhill's b. g. St. Peray, 3 yrs, est Conelly 1 Loki. Suffield's Arsenic, 5 yrs, 9st. 11b. Mr. Greville's Morella, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b. The following also.started, but were not placed :—Colonel Peel's St. Vitus, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b. ; Lord Lichfield's Cassandra, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b. ; and Lord Exeter's Elf, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b. Betting---5 to 2 agst Arsenic, 2to I agt Morella, 3to I apt St. Pcray, sto 1 ag s t Vit us , an d sto I agst Cassandra. Won by a length. • (Further particulars of Wednesday's proceedings.) TWO-I:EAR or,n STAKES.-Felo-de-se and Condor made all the ronnirg tothebwilies, where Priam joined com any; at the cords she tat them, won easy lengte,""and'w • itlurdoeh and Lord Exotees'Wore well up. BETTING. • CHESTER FIELD STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark 3 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Lot 6 to 1 agst Margaret • 6 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's f. 6, to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Deception. Estelle likely to be a prominent favourite, but no odds mentioned . LIVERPOOL CUP. 3 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett 5 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caraven 6 to 1 apt Mr. Ferguson's Ilarkaway. 5 to 2 agst M G C. L .7. U O C F E.STaEirlßsi I sR zEo 7to 2 ag s t C ap t a i n G ar d nor 's Toothill • GOODWOOD STA K ES. STAKES. hrab 9 to 2 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan 11 to 2 agst Sir G. lleatheote's Valentissimo—taken 10 to I agst Mr. T. Walter's King Cole 11 to 1 agst Heron--taken 13 to 1 agst Chapeau d'Espagne—taken ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don Jolsn 13 to 1 agst Mr. Parkin's Lanercost 16 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentiock's D'Egville—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad 20 to 1 agst Mr. Thompson's colt—taken 33 to 1 agst the Hydra=taken `3O to 1 Alzira—taken. A autvAus—Duke of Richmond, Lords Exeter, Verulam, Jersey, Chesterfield, March, Suffield, G. Bentinck, Stradbroke, J. Fitz roy; Hen. General Grosvenor, G. Anson, G. Byng, H. Rous, W. Rous, Sir S. Graham, Colonel Peel ; Messrs. C. Wilson (Father of the Turf, who, we are happy to state, is in improved health), Greville, I r by, W orra ll , Crommelin, Roberts, Newton, Wigram, Batson, Hawker, Thornhill, Portman, Nevill, S. Stanley, Hunter, Etwell, &e. DOG CAItT NUISANCE.—Gibbins, an officer of the Animals' Friend Society, last week charged William Fuller, Furber, and Miley, before Mr. White, at Queen.square, with having unmercifully beaten a dog, drawing a cart heavily laden, with the butt end of a cart whip, and assaulting the officer while attempting to take him into custody. He stated that the cries of the poor animal had attracted him to the spot and were most piteous. Mr. White re quired another witness, and said it was very strange that among E 0 many persons (which chiefly consisted of costermongers, &c.) none could be produced. He said to the prisoner while making his defence—make haste, I have other business to attend to—and then told Gibbons he was not obliged to believe all he heard, and dismissed the case with oosts on the prOsecutor. CIiURCII-RATES.—Upwards of two hundred in habitants of the Chapery of Sc. Mary in the Borough of Brecon having been summoned, on complaint of the Churchwardens, for non.payment ore Church-rate made on the let of July, 1836, the case was heard on Friday; ultimately the summons was discharged. Mr. Wilkins, then, saidbe keyed that as the Chuithwardens would be liable to a heavy loss the parishioners would waive their objection to the rate. Mr. Bishop said that as he was professionally engaged, as well as opposed to a cornpubory rate on principle, he could not agree to such a course, but that he would, if a voluntary subscription was opened, put down three times the amount of his rate ; and if every other churchman did the same, the Churchwardens would have no dilliculties.to contend with. Sart rime. _ A M 'lsle weft ahroad is, that it is intended ; to revive the old struggle for supremacy betweeu the monarchical and republican princ:ples. It is easy to say, that such an opinion is based upon folly ; but it is impossible to deny its existence. The feeling is so general "over the water" that it will require the greatest caution, on the part of the respective Governments, to check the fiery spirits who are ripe for mischief on both the American and the Canadian side of the frontier.-4//den. HINDOO WlDows.—We are glad to see that the Hindoos are stirring themee'ves to obtain permission for their widows to remarry. It is a question of their law, and one which, consequently, cannot be interfered with by our Government, sinless they can show, that the present prohibition is not an essential part of the Hindoo sys. tem. Cer:ainly, if in any country, such a prohibition is absurd, it is here, where Hindoo females arc frequently married at two years of age ; so that the ordinary chances of life must expose them to about ten times the widowhood of persons marrying at maturity. A child, who has been thus pledged, and whose hush.nd may have died before he left his nurse's arms, is thus sacrificed to an absurd prejudice, which the Hindoos are beginning to be ashamed of. Till they consent to place their women on a perfect equality with the other sex, they may depend upon it that they will never take rank with civilised nations. — Bombay Gazette. Bo ROUGIL OF CASHEL.--We know not how many candidates there were for Cashel—we have heard of only eleven— the chief of whom were Mr. Welsh, the barrister, and Mr. Kirwan, of Tuam, in the coun t y of Galway—furMr. Moore was never in the fle'd. Hawever, on the appearance of Dr. Stock, the other candidates gave way, Mr. Kirwan suspended his water.works, and Mr. Welsh became the most active canvasser for Dr. Stock. The entire constituency were canvassed, and there is no doubt at all of the success, and without a con. test, of one of the most right-minded, amiable, and honourable men in the community—a man of talent, and of whose success in Parliament we entertain no doubt whatever.—Dublin Evening Post. EFFECTS OF A WHIRLWIND.—That phenome non which is known by this familiar name, was witnessed with great at tention, and no small cause of apprehension, on Wednesday last, by Mr. John Prestwood, of Bransto n, near this cit y ; whose min ute description we state almost in hi s own words. About a quarter before th r e e, j ust preceding the storm, a whirl of air was seen to a pp roa ch from the east, and to become a vast column about eighty yards in height, and as large round as a haystack that should have about fifteen tons of hay in it. It approached the field slowly where Mr. Frestwood and his men were hay making, and took up the hay, in a spiral ascent, to a vast height, carrying it to a great distance, going olf across the adjoining fields. In about ten minutes or a quarter .of an hour, another great tornado was seen to approach out of the same quarter, proceeding in the same route as the other : but it took across a fallow piece about sixty yards from Prestwood's house : it made a turn to the right, and then along the fal low field,—there then occurred a sight most wonderful,—for it tore up the earth and raised it to a great height in a black mass that. seemed to be full of fire, with thundering and lightning out of the midst of it ; the and Prestwood believes that if it had passed over it, the noise and crack lin g were hidecus and appalling. It missed the house b y h a ve been carried away. The corner of an outhouse, and weight of newly.cut thorns were taken along with it an d scattere d in all dire ctions. It did not go faster than a horse coul d keep , a 7e f h a e or s i v ley yards , a wouldto n it. its c ourse then scent whirling and curving toward s C an _ uwlicklithThe cattle that beheld it fled about in order to avoid the danger ; and such was its force, that anything that lay in its way must have been destroyed.—Lincoln Gazette. C LE RICAL DISLOYALTY.—A few, and we are glad to think only a few, of the Tories have scowled upon the rejoicings g these with individuals w amid which our lovely Queen has received the crown of her ancestors; nd e foremost t,idt theyw e r a e r g e r e c t on t to ec fi I t s e d d , for their oferal o t w h i ks, and the a institution F a t a blished clerfir. __Among others the Rev. Charles Stewart, minister of Aberdalgie, within three miles of Perth,also thought proper to appoint s a a the day set apart for anointing his Sovereign, as the time for engaging in the solemnities of a Fast I The Rev. Charles Stewart, we are informed, is brother to the Minister of Cronlarty • and the two worthies h 1 at pro bably determined, when others were testifying their loyalty, to make a grand exhibition of their Toryism, and their sour puritanical spirit! Since this paragraph was i have s learned that, in the parish of 13lair-Atholl (the Minister o ywe i which the Rev. John Stewart,. a bro. they of the other two, we presume), the sacramental fast likewise was held on the day of the Coronation! • Verily, some of the clergy take a strange method of showing their gratitude to the hand that feeds them. —Perth Advertiser. - --•- EVIDENCE EXTRAORDINARY I—At the late Northumberland quarter sessions in Hexham a learned counsel put in iigo finishing a certificate to prove th a t th e l ast w i n t er wa s unusually redolent of frost and snow I The cow t thought it possible that some person s mi g ht be aliVe who could spe a k to the fact, an d t h e cer tif i cate was laughed out of t he learned gentleman's hands. —Sunderland Paper. markiog of a character,cossa a statue firm s station, easy, f E n atural attit u d e, and a hod and large sty le of modelling, is equal to a Grey, which for vigorous any ß on a e ll o Y f ChIN flow alitrey's. What its effects will be when placed on the column at Newcastle, rem ains to be seen ; we judg e that its leadin g features will sh ow t o advantage from the height of 140 feet. The cos. tume is that of the Order of the Garter; too flimsy, perhaps, to tell from a distance, though the robe furnishes a gocd mass of drapery. It is carved out of Portland stone, and will be waxed over so as to resist the action of the weather.—Spectator. The Misses Smith, now performing at our t h eatre are the nieces of th e C ountess o f E ssex. A report was in circulation, soon after the mirriage of the Countess, that these young ladies hadre_ tired from the stage. We believe the Countess provided liberally for all branches of her family, but the choice was left entirely to the Misses Smith either to withdraw from the stage or to continue in public life, and, encouraged by the marks of approbation and favour which the fair vocalists had uniformly experienced from the public during the two sea. sons they were engaged in London, at Mr. Braham's theatre, they re solved to continue their present professional pursuits. These young ladies have re c: n tl y b een per f orm i ng w i t h great success at the Edinburgh theatre.—Liverpool Merc u ry. i a d t i i are t w be composed of 20,000 formed he to of a A cam le p ,00omen t ,a r b e is again dtbettee r t a s is a e n d d . letter from St. Omer states, that the expectation sent from tilt camp .. store at Compiegne. ot i ti t er ad M " al IRELANt'i, • Ibis gteti t ,ney,the of Normanby arrived in Dujilin last Sunday morning. // has I ,:ued tLe following procla mation " BY TIM LORD LiEUTRNANT GENERAL AND GENERAL GO fERNOR OF IRELAND—A PROCLAMATION. " NontiANnt. " His Excellency the Lord Lieutenanthaving been informed that it has Veers industriously circulated in various parts of the province of Ulster, that the Act passed in the second and third years of the rafgti of his late' Majesty, against party pro cessions in Ireland, has apired; and fearing that, in conse quence of !itch reports the public ',lll be misled, and the ill disposed may tett; astvantage of the impression thereby created to disturb the public, pegee, he desires it to he made known to all whom it may concern, that the said Act is full force, and that dr. Act of Parliament was paskel on Wednesday', the 4th instant, to continue the said Act for the period of five years, and thenceforth until the end of the then 11e1f, Session of Pediment. His Excellency, therefore, warns all persons strictly to abstain from offending against the provisions of the said Act; and he directs all magistrate; and officers of kis tice, diligently to put in force, within their respective jurisdic tions, the powers thereby given, for the suppression of all as semblies which by the said Act are declared to be unlawful. " .By His Excellency's command, ." T. DRUMMOND." Tint COMING TWELFTH—ORANGE • DEMONSTRATIONS. — (From the Pilot )--The Evening .Mail, in its last number, ingeniously swelled its period cal array of offences by no less curious an invention than parading in its colums a flagrant Orange outrage. The affray at Cookstown, where the politi cal party disarmed a police:nan, was carefully sandwiched be tween a pair of Popish misdemeanours, and saddled with the rest upon the ample Shoulders; of the Marquis of Normanby. If our contemporary is cleterMined to continue this system, it will not be likely to fail in pabulum for its state of the country column. This day's post brings us from several quarters in telligence of active preparations for unlawful gatherings on the 12th. Colonel Percival's protestations and Sir R. Bateson's declaratiers, notwithstanding we have evidence all-sufficient that Orangeism is still in active organization. In Saunders's News Letter we find the following resolutions agreed to at a meeting of the Loughgall district of Orangemen, thirty-two masters p; emit, held at Loughgall on Saturday, the 30th uli., Edward Obre, Esq., in the chair : " Ist. Tlekt we view with abhorrence the disgraceful out rage committed upon liti7chapel of Tartaraghan, on the night of Thuisday, the 28th inst. " 2d. That we have pleasure in being able to state that the persons who have been arrested on suspicion of being con cerned in this shameful transaction are not members of our kyal and peaceful association, and we confidently assert that none of oar brethren willbe jinind to have bees: implicated in it. " 3d. We t'ku this opportunity of declaring that our rules aid principles strietl7 inculcate peace and good-will towards all men; and much as we ;;boor the doctrines of Popery, we harbour no ill will towards the plople who profess them, or the places where they are taught. " EDWARD OBRg, Chairman." " Loughall, Saturday, June 30, 1838." Let the resolutions have their proper weight in proving the guiltlessness of the Loughgall Orangemen, if any society eyer instituted could undertake to affirm the innocence of all its Members. One thing, however, it proves (if nothing more) beyond the power of cavil or contradiction. Notwithstanding the declaration of the King and the united Parliament of the illegality of secret Societies—notwithstanding the pledges of the Orange leaders that their institution should be extinguished —notwithstanding, the apparent acquiescence of the body— Orangeism is still rampant, organised, and resolute as ever for evil. It must be quelled. " INHUMAN ORANGE OUTRAGE.—The cowardly creatures of the Orange faction vent that demoniacal hatred against children, which they feel for, but dare not direct against, men. Another murder has been attempted, and the blood of an un offending child has been spilt. In the Newry Examiner we find detailed an atrocious outrage, resembling in every feature the murder of the children on Mollyash mountain on St. John's eve. It is given on the authority of• a correspondent known to the editor of that respectable journal : " CALEDON, JULY 4, 1838.—Allow me, through the Newry Examiner, to give publicity to a diabolical outrage which was lately perpetrated at a place called Brantry, in the neighbour hood of this town. It is extraordinary that no notice has yet been taken of it by the public journals. You should have had the horrifying details long since, but from my absence from home. On the 24th of June a few small children had collected some dry branches to make a bonfire, as is usual at that pe riod, when some human devils came prowling forth, and, stand ing behind a hedge within ten perches of the burning embers, fired two shots upon the little ones who were sporting about them 1 One of the shots took effect, and shattered the arm of a poor boy named Cotter, whose life is since despaired of." No body of human beings were ever banded together, from the brutal Buccaneers of the West to the sanguinary legions of Don Carlos, who have to answer for so many crimes as the Irish Orangemen. The fiendish authors of the Durango de cree were inno'bent and humane to the murderers of the chi:- then at Mohlyash and Brantry. THE NEWSVENDERS' ANNUAL DINNER. The annual dinner for persons employed by the dealers in newspapers took place yesterday at the llighbury Tavern, I lingtun. These dinners, which ere given gratuitously, the expense being principally defrayed by donations from the pro prietors of the metropolitan journals, are confined exclusively to the servants of the. news-agents; and as fully one half of these are boys under, fourteen 1-ears of age, it has been usual to have two distinct entertainments, one for the boys, and tLe other for the older members of the trade. Olt this occasion upwards of 300 boys sat down at one o'clock in the afternoon to a substantial repast, to which it is needless to say they did ample justice. There was no limit set to the gratification of their appetites ; every one for him self cried " Hold, enough l" The dinner having been dis patched, the boys received a slice of plum-pudding and a glass of negus each; after which they were let loose to wander at will over the spacious grounds of this favourite suburban re treat, and to amuse themselves with the sports suitable to their age. At six o'clock the men and women took their turn in the dining-hall, to the number of about three hundred and twenty. Here everything was arranged with admirable care and at tention, under the superintendence of Messrs. Spilling, John son, Benson, and Martin, the Stewards, assisted in their ar duous duties by Mr. Wyld, and other of the principal news agents. Every article on the table was very good and very plentiful, and all appeared to be fully satisfied with the fare pro vided for them. When the cloth had been removed immense bowls of punch were introduced, and the toasts of " The Queen" and " The Stewards" drunk with all the honours. There was no speechi fying whatever, but probably the toasts were not the less sin cerely pledged, although the mode of exhibiting their feelings was somewhat rude and boisterous. • The _company adjourned soon after dinner to the really beautiful grounds connected with the tavern, some of them amusing themselves by playing at skittles, trap. ball, and other similar active games ; while ethers were content to enjoy the refreshing breeze of a most delightful evening, and listen at their ease to the performances of a very tolerable band of mu sicians stationed on the lawn. A ball concluded the day's entertainments. Many who bad been detained by business from the dinner math: their appear ance at the ball, especially those of the gentler sex. The arrangements were under the superintendence of Mr. Wilson, of Terpiichorean celebrity. who had provided an excellent band, and strove, not without success, to gratify the numerous assemblage. Mirth, though full and free, was not suffered to pass the bounds of decorum, and probably as much real plea sure was experienced by these indefatigable and deserving in dividuals, as usually falls to the share of companies of much higher pretensions. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, Jahr 12. DE BONNEVAL V. DE BONISEVAT... This was a question as to the validity of a will of the late Marquis de Iloaneval, who died in Norton-street. London, on the 22d of September, 1836. The deceased left two wills, the cne dated in September, 1814, which was executed ac cording to the English law, arid which disposed of the de ceased's property in England, consisting of money in the funds to the amount of 17,0001., the other, dated in February, 1826, which was executed according to the law of France, and which was confined to the testator's real property in that country. The question on which the validity or non-validity of the will before the Court depends is, whether the deceased was, at the time of the execution of the will disposing of the property in England domiciled in that cou n t r y, an d cont i nue d to be so till the time of his death. Dr. LUSIIINGTON opposed the validity of the will by which the English property was bequewhed, and contended that the deceaLed had ne%er beer. domiciled in this country. The Learned Judge postponed his decision. h ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT —YORK, WEDNESD.4 Moses Walker and John Alison were indicted for the man slaughter of John Picrcy, at Great Driffield, in the month of May last. His LORDSHIP intimated that there was no case against Walker, and the Jury brought in a verdict of Guilty against Alison, with a recommendation to mercy. To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three months. John Reed, officer to the sheriff of York, war indicted for forging and uttering, knowing it to be forget, a certain under taking for the payment of money, in the following form : " 1001.-1 promise to pay Mr. W. Bellerby on order the sum of 1001. or such other sum of money not exceeding the same as he may incur, or to be put to,. for or by reason of his becom ing one of the sureties to Mark Millbank, sheriff elect for the county of York for the year ensuing, for John Reed, of this City, sheriffs' officer. ," VALENTINE WILSON." • Mr. R OEBUCK f or th e p rosecu ti on ; ki vOTTINGHAM f or the defence. His Lordship summed up, and the jury, after some deliberation, brought in a verdict of Guilty; but sentence was deferred on a point taken by Mr. Cottingham, as to the manner in which the instrument was described in the indictment. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THURSDAY. Gotthard Roake was indicted for feloniously forging an order or warrant for 601., with a view of defrauding Rotbs ehilds and Co. He was also indicted for uttering the same, knowing it to be forged, After hearing evidence, - - • 4 • ' l 4 l(tesit- , 0 • e eym. The Jury found th e . p r i soner G u il ty o f utter i ng a fcrgvt.ik, document. SJI The prisoner was again indicted for steal:llg twenty silver faletespeens, several.silver forks, two ladles, one pair of sugar tongs, and ether articlee, the property of the Rev. Wen. Tyrrell, residieg near Eaton, Leicestershire. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. JUDGMENT OF DEATII —Mr. Tustice Parke directed that the prisoner John Rickey, who w?s convicted the previous (fey for the wilful murder of Sergeant James Hamilton, of ese 12th Lancers, at Hampton Court Palace, to be brought up.. Proclamation of silence having been made by the Bailiffs of the Court, Mr. Justice PARKE, having put on the black cap, proceeded in an impressive tone of voice to address the unhappy convict as follows John Rickey, you were tried yesterday for the awful crime of murder by an attentive and considerate Jury, and the investigation occupied a considerable portion of the !rime of the Court. Every circumstance vs as taken into con aideratforee and you must know that there was no wish on the part of the parties prosecuting to press the case too strongly against you, but sirrip!y to sustain the cause of public justice, I not then proceed to pals sentence of death upon you, although I and my Le ernes.! Brothers had not the least doubt of your guilt, but there' were: matters which induced us to postpone judgment. A more creeel and premeditated murder than that committed by you has I:eiee disgraced the judicature of England—committed, too, upor: sene who never injured you—sending him to his awful aceorzet without prayer or preparation, and with his sins upon hie .head. You upon beers in prison some time, and must haveo your greet crime. You will,by the law or Ecgland, have additional time to reflect upon your awful seen:n;on, and I sincerely trust you will employ it in prayer and rep s entance. The jury who tried you, with a false notion of things, n e ed not consulting what was due to the interests of public justice, `e commended you to mercy. I regret that that recemmendatione cannot be accompanied by mine. The crime of murder is mast hateful to the Almighty, and his law is, that ' whoso slieddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man ;' and it is also declared, The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein but by the blood of him that sheddcth.'—( His Lordship was here much moved, shedding tears as he spoke.) There was, however, one great consaletion for the prisoner—a merciful GO, and that through the blessed Saviour's merits and this great atonement, that God may hear your prayers, if wholly penitent." The Learned Judge was again very much af fected :when is passed upon the prisoner, in the usual form, the awful sentence of death. The prisoner then walked from the dock, exhibiting the same composure as .he s had maintained throughout. jvIP,IV COURT. Several cases of minor imp having been disposed of the Recorder proceeded to pass ,1 1 4 c fo!lo►eing sentences on the prisoners convicted during the Sessiu'.''Z : To be Transported for Fifteen Years—fames Wellesley and Mary Jackson. For Ten Years—J. Stewart, Thomas Jones, Charles Nor man, George Wells, James Curling, and J. Lefev;e• For Seven Years—Robert - Angel, Mary Angel (Lis wife), Ann Taylor, Isabella Adams, Ann Brenan, J. Wellior, J. Clarke, J. Kelly, George Williams, W. Howard, J. Scott, James Milian, J. Mitchell, and James Payne. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Barlow Moore, a gentleman who resides at Greenhithe, applied to the Lord Mayor for his Lordship': advice and assist anee under the following very remarkable circumeances He !.ad resided three years at Greenhithe, where he was perfectly yell known, and having been many years in the habit of yache sailing, be continued that amusement on the Thames, and, u ettil very lately, without molestation. Lat terly, however, he ( experienced treatment of which his Lord ship would find he hau some reason to complain. That treat ment commenced when the took into his employment a man of the name of Pleyel, who heed been recommended to him as a S person of excellent character, '.sober, honest, and industrious ; and certainly the man's conduct t eerfectly corresponded with that description in every respect. soon as Pleyel began to work the yacht the coast-guard stationt'd in the neighbour hood showed every disposition to give annevance. The en tered the vessel wh en h e (M r . Moore) had p a ,ties of ladies and gentleman on board, and rummaged the cabin, :end acted in such a manner at other times as could not admit' of the slightest justification. The LORD MAYOR—AIIow me to ask you whether they had ever found any contraband goods on hoard ? Mr. Moore—Never. The LORD MAYOR—Have you represented the circumstances to the superintendent? Mr. Moore had remonstrated with the su perintendent, as his Lordship should hear. When he found that the annoyance had become a regular system he considered it Iris duty to go to Mr. Tucker, the superintendent of the coast-guarel, and to state the particulars, and he asked the superintendent why he had been made the object of such an infliction, as no one could imagine that he was engaged in smuggling transactione. To his expostulation Mr. Tucker gave a very explicit answer, from which it appeared that an information had been lodged against Pleyel, his new servant, as a person suspeeted of con traband dealing. To that accusation he replied that although Pleyel relight have been suspected there was no reason for supposing - that the owner of the yacht was implicated in any offence of such a nature, and he certainly clel not consider that he was bound to dismiss the man from his service upon such a representation. The superintendent appeared satisfied with the observations made upon the ocsAsion, and he (Mr. M. ) imagined that the molestation was entirely at an end. He was mistaken. On Wednesday he and a friend and Pleyel started on a cruise in the yacht, and sailed down the river with an ebb tide at a quick rate. The yacht had proceeded some distance when he heard a rapid discharge of musket firing. He could see no beat, and had no idea what could have been the cause of the discharge, as he could not suppose that persons could be engaged in shooing birds in sueh a place; but it was well known that balls were capable of being thrown by rifles to an immense distance. He and his friend went down to breakfast, leaving the man at the helm, and on their return to the deck his friend took the helm, but was not long on that post wjeete he heard a whiz and a report immediately follow. The whizzing and firing continued, and he and his friend and man, seeing that the water was splashed by the bullets which were whizzing about the yacht and her sails, lay down, apprehen sive that mischief was do u btl ess intended to them. As many vessels were coming up the river, and the yacht made coiesi d2rable way, the firing- gradually abated, and, upon raising his head, and looking round, he saw a whine galley, which he knew belonged to the coast guard, in chase of :he yacht. He might have doubled sail, and been out of reach in a very short time ; but he proceeded at the same rate, whici; was too quick to be overteken by the galley. Having notte!ng to conceal or to evade, he determined to go to the next station the yacht approached to challenge investigation ; and ho acted accordingly. Nu notice, however, was taken of the challenge, although ho lay to for the purpose; and he re turned to the station from which the firing had proceeded, and observing the white galley which had some time before followed the yacht, he bore down upon it. Immediately upon reaching the galley two rough fellows jumped upon the deck of the yacht, and said, " Why didn't you heave-to this morn ing when we hailed you?" " Hailed us ! You didn't hail us," replied he ( Mr. Moore). " Yes, we did, though," said the coast guard ; " and we fired too." Oh, it was you that fired," said Mr. Moe° ; " and what did you fire—blank charge ?" We fired one blank charge, and the rest were bullets," an swered the cor.st guard. "And you tried to hit me?" re joined Mr. Mc ore. "Yes, we did," said the coast guard, certainly." From the statement of the chief officer of the galley it appeared that Mr. Tucker, the superintendent, sew the galley firing upon the yacht. Now he (Mr. Moore) would ask whether there could have been anythin g in the circum stances he had detailed to justify the attack made upon the lives of his friend, his man, and himself ? The LORD MAYOR—You have stated a case which appears to me to be most atrocious. I never heard of an instance in which there was a greater recklessness of the lives of our fello creature; Mr. Moore—lf, upon coming upon a vessel, the coast guard were resisted, they arc armed with the power to meet 1 . ..,rce with force, hut . thtsw are not authorised to be aggressors. The LORD MAYOR-151c1 the;- examine your vessel at all ? Mr. Moore—No. I requested.that the Lieutenant (Parker) would search her, but not murder us. He did not attempt to justify tire men in firing upon tr,. but said that they had a right to fire after they had hoisted tkcir flag. The LORD MAYOR—Do you suppose! that you were ire.d upon by order of Mr. Tucker? Air. Me" ore--I de think so ; for Lieutenant Parker told nee that Mr. Tucker was at the station, snd saw the boat firing upon us. The LORD eleecie—lt is quite inexplicable the se mon strous an abuse should for a moment be thought of. Mr. Moore—lt is of tho extent to which these annoyances arc carried I complain, and I know it is all pointed at Pleyel, in order to get him discharged. The LORD MAYOR—You must immediately memorialize" the Commissioners of Customs, by whom the coast guard are, I believe, appointed. Mr. Moore—lt is all done to induce me to discharge Pleyel, to drive the poor man from my service. But lam deter mined to protect him. I shall protect him, not in the spirit of opposition to these authorities, but because I believe him to be a persecuted man. The Loan MAYOR—Sir, your straightforward, manly, and humane conduct does you infinite honour. lam glad that you have applied to me, as I am pereuaded that the public will be made acquainted with the facts, independently of the justice which will be dealt by the Commissioners of Customs. - „ MEZEREON BERRIES.—Ou Saturday last, Wil ham Henry Mitchell, a fine promising bay of four years of age, residing in Gifford Park, Edinburgh, ate a quantity of the berries of the red Mczcreon (the Daphne Mezereen of botanists,) from a bush growing in one of the plots of garden ground in Rankelllor-street. He was soon afterwards taken ill, and although the best medical assistance was pro cured, he died on Monday. The poisonous qualities of the berries or this shrub are universally recognised by botanists; and it has been long known that they have proi ed destructive to the lives of various animals feeding oil them.—Edinburgh Paper. The Coronation, which a few days since served to tlsdden the futurz., now dignifies the past : and the pleasures of hope exchangedarc who witnessed its pageantry will probabl y their r e fmemor y They . s of it become more august as it re. fi for nd cedes into the distance of time; for then whatever tended to lessen its impression will be forgotten, and the imagination left free to beautify w ai i _itclornings of its own.—Chcltenhanz Chronicle. We learn that the Estates of Holland have declared themselves. favourable to the project for draining the Lake of Haarlem, antl, considering the importance of such an undertaking, have grouted the sum of 60,0001. per annum for ten years, each of the two parts of the province (North and South Holland) to contribute ey❑aily. ~ ~~